Paola Ziritti is unthinkably brave to speak publicly about the “clinic.” She endured physical assault, sexual abuse, and a constant battery of insults. Guards would even throw buckets of cold water and urine on her. For two years, this was Paola’s waking nightmare... because she’s a lesbian. The “doctors” and guards at the clinic were trying to “cure” her.
For Australians, these so-called clinics are unthinkable, but in Paola’s home Ecuador they are terrifyingly common -- 180 remain open. But the government is under increasing domestic and international pressure. A few incredibly courageous Ecuadorian women called Fundacion Causana have started fighting back, and every international voice raised will strengthen their message domestically.
Fundacion Causana have started an urgent petition on Change.org -- and every signature will be delivered directly to the Ecuadoran Minister of Public Health, demanding he investigates and shuts down all 180 remaining clinics.
Click here and sign the petition now: http://www.change.org/petitions/fiscal-general-del-estado-close-fake-cli...
Fundacion Causana does direct-service work on the ground to save women from the clinics, but they say it’s not enough. They need the government’s support to get all the clinics shut down, and so far it has only acted to close a small cluster of clinics in one region.
International pressure is mounting -- and government officials can’t afford to ignore it. Ecuador depends on good relations and trade to bolster its fragile economy -- a huge wave of support from international citizens will show them that the world is watching, and will not stand idly by while women are imprisoned and tortured.
Sign Fundacion Causana’s petition demanding that the Ecuadoran Minister of Public Health investigate and shut down every “clinic”:
http://www.change.org/petitions/fiscal-general-del-estado-close-fake-cli...
Thanks for being part of this,
Nick and the Change.org team
